68. Francesco Ballesio (Turin 1860-1923 Tivoli) Oppia. Vestale Incestuosa signed 'F. Ballesio' (upper left), inscribed in a cartouche 'Oppia/ Vestale Incestuosa/CCLXX'. oil on canvas signed 'F. Ballesio' (upper left), inscribed on the tablet 'Oppia/ Vestale Incestuosa/CCLXX' oil on canvas 150.5 x 212cm (59 1/4 x 83 7/16in). Provenance Private Collection, Europe Exhibited (probably) Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1883 Literature Espositione di belle arti in Roma, 188: catalogo generale ufficiale, p. 41, n. 3 (as Ballesio Francesco (Torino). Opimia sepolta viva) Although the titles on the tablet of the painting and in the exhibition catalogue differ slightly, the present lot appears to be work exhibited at the first edition of the Exhibition of Fine art in Rome in 1883.